沙特首个可再生能源发电厂落成

    中国石化新闻网讯 据能源世界网4月9日利雅得报道，沙特阿拉伯王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼（Mohammed bin Salman）为该国首个可再生能源项目——Sakaka IPP 光伏电厂举行了落成典礼。

    据沙特官方通讯社(SPA)援引王储的话称，周四在Al-Jouf地区西北部启动的Sakaka电厂的发电量为300兆瓦，标志着“沙特利用可再生能源的第一步”。

    新华社援引SPA报道称，开幕式还见证了与12家沙特和国际公司在多个地区签署了其他7个可再生能源项目的电力购买协议。

    新项目位于麦地那（Al Madinah）、苏代尔（Sudair）、库拉伊特（Qurayyat）、舒伊巴（Shuaibah）、吉达（Jeddah）、拉贝（Rabigh）和拉法（Rafha）。

    据能源部长阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·本·萨勒曼表示，除了Sakaka电厂和Doumat Al Jandal风能项目两个项目外，这些项目的总发电量为3670兆瓦。它们将为60多万户家庭提供电力，减少700多万吨温室气体的排放。

    部长肯定了私营部门在沙特可再生能源部门中的作用，该部门旨在减少在发电中使用液体燃料，并优化国家能源结构。

    据SPA报告称，这些项目是实现气候变化目标、寻找更可持续、成本更低的能源系统的有效途径。

    该报告补充道，这些项目还旨在为可再生能源创造一个具有全国竞争力的市场，这将增加一个新的可再生能源技术产业诞生的机会。

    郝芬 译自 能源世界网

    原文如下：

    Saudi inaugurates first renewable energy power plant

    Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has inaugurated the Sakaka IPP PV power plant, the country's first renewable energy project.

    The launch of the Sakaka plant on Thursday, with an output capacity of 300 MW, in northwestern Al-Jouf region represents the kingdom's "first steps to utilize renewable energy in the Kingdom" the Crown Prince was quoted as saying by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

    The opening also witnessed the signing of power purchase agreements for seven other renewable energy projects in a number of regions with 12 Saudi and international companies, Xinhua news agency quoted the SPA report as saying.

    The new projects are in Al Madinah, Sudair, Qurayyat, Shuaibah, Jeddah, Rabigh, and Rafha.

    The total capacity of these projects, in addition to the two projects of Sakaka plant and Doumat Al Jandal wind energy project, is 3,670 MW, energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman said.

    They will power more than 600,000 households and reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions by more than 7 million tonnes, he added.

    The minister affirmed the role of the private sector in the kingdom's renewable energy sector that aims to reduce the use of liquid fuel in electricity generation and to optimize the national energy mix.

    The projects are an effective approach to achieve the climate change goal and find more sustainable and less costly energy systems, said the SPA report.

    The projects also aim to create a nationally competitive market for renewable energy, which would enhance the chances of the inception of a new renewable energy technology industry, it added.